Bath children’s festival line-up announced

Lauren Child, Michael Morpurgo and Benjamin Zephaniah are some of the big-name authors appearing... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's book author refuses award backed by Amazon

Allan Ahlberg refused a lifetime achievement award because it was sponsored by the internet bookseller Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's leads US 2014 print revival

The success of John Green and Veronica Roth has lifted the children's market in the USA to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 10, 2014

This week in children's apps, we feature apps from the world of Dr. Seuss and Little Critter that explore shapes, holidays, and what life is like on the farm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Announces Third Image Expo for Comic-Con

Hoping to counter the glut of show-biz razzle dazzle at Comic-Con in San Diego with some comic book firepower, Image Comics has announced the third Image Expo, an all-Image Comics media day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chipping Norton festival offers profit share to authors

Chipping Norton Literary Festival is to split its profits with authors in lieu of paying... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bedtime stories for a teenager? One set of children's books brings a father and son together

Monitor contributor Danny Heitman enjoys reading a children's book series about a wealthy elephant named Uncle to his son. What's surprising about that? His son is a teenager. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's author Walter Dean Myers dies

Myers, author of such books as 'Hoops' and 'Monster,' recently published an essay lamenting what he saw as a lack of diverse characters in children's literature. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eyes on the prize for children's market

In the past 20 years, the number of prizes geared towards children’s books has trebled,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will digital eat the children's media world? 'It's totally going to happen!'

But that doesn't necessarily mean printed books and linear television will die out by 2020, suggest expertsAre these the best of times or the worst of times for the children's entertainment industry? A panel session at the Children's Media Conference explored the question, concluding... well, it... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cable announces £16m creative skills programme

A publishing training programme led by Oxford Brookes University in partnership with publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monster Underpants for S&S Children’s

Simon & Schuster Children’s will this October publish a new book in the Underpants... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three­-dimensional picture books are now available for visually impaired children

CU­-Boulder's Tactile Picture Books Project is using three­-dimensional-printing to bring the joy of picture books to the blind and visually impaired. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz and Waterstones team up for SFF Festival

Gollancz is to hold a one-day multi-media science fiction and fantasy festival at Waterstones... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Game of Thrones': Twitter users put a Westeros twist on children's books

Twitter users are subbing in 'Thrones' themes for famous children's book titles. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NFL Players Inc. and Penguin Team Up for Children’s Books

Penguin Young Readers Group has partnered with NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association, to create a range of books inspired by National Football League athletes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Glass Sentence': The next children's book you'll be hearing about

The debut novel by S.E. Grove has earned almost unanimous critical praise for its originality and the fascinating world in which it takes place. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paperbooks signs Flitcroft's festive food

Paperbooks has signed a gift book based around Christmas food by writer and surgeon Ian Flitcroft... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s acquires YA suicide story

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a YA... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp and Mail Online plagiarism spat goes to Cannes Lions festival | Media Monkey

The ongoing Antipodeon spat between News Corp and Mail Online over the latters alleged plagiarism appears to have spilled over onto waterfront at this weeks Cannes Lions advertising festival. The Daily Mail websites publisher, Martin Clarke, never known for half measures, is schmoozing... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crichton Stepping Down at S&S Children's

Paul Crichton will be leaving his post as v-p, director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing on June 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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